Being originally mainly interested in birdwatching and the behavior and acoustic communication of birds, I developed an interest and some skills in statistics and computational methods in general and now am employed as a statistician by the department of developmental and cognitive psychology as well as the department of primatology of this institute. As such I am involved in a variety of projects investigating the behavior, ecology and physiology of apes and monkeys. Besides that I work on issues arising in the practical application of statistical methods and also am still involved in research about the acoustic communication and behavioral ecology of birds.